Full name Crimson Viper. A spy from the CIA acting as a mole in Seth's organization. She was sent to gather data on S.I.N. (Shadaloo Intimidation Network) and its BLECE Project, and to stop them. Her real name is Maya and she has a daughter named Lauren.

Action Mom: She's stated to have a daughter in the game, and in the tie-in film, the little girl is shown in several scenes. And in the ending animation sequence of her Arcade Mode in Super Street Fighter IV, she meets up with Lauren, giving her a hug and telling her that she loves her.

Bare Your Midriff: Her default and first alternate costumes, the alternate more so than the default.

Bifauxnen: Subverted—When first introduced, her back braid was not seen a lot, and if it wasn't for her breasts, she might've passed as a guy, what with wearing a tuxedo. Now that it's known that she has that braid...

Boobs of Steel: Has the largest bust of the playable cast and is a huge damage dealer. She is also one of the higher tiered characters in the game.

Breakout Character: She joined the cast of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, being the first of the new Street Fighter characters to be in a Vs. game. This meant she achieved in three years what several Capcom characters have failed to do in many: appear in a Vs. game.

The Dragon: She's played as one for Seth in Street Fighter IV and in the tie-in film, but she's apparently a reverse mole instead.

Foreign Fanservice: American, and her 98cm bust is the biggest among any female in the series. Ironically, Chun-Li is still bigger in-game.

Fragile Speedster: C. Viper is not only quick, but her combos deliver a ton of damage. But what makes her a Fragile Speedster instead of a Lightning Bruiser is that her health is below average like most female characters. And her stun rating is poor as well.

It also shows in some of her win quotes against certain opponents in SSFIV; while most of her comments are rather caustic, some of them express a genuine interest in and sympathy for her opponents' personal situations.

(to Guile) "Whose dog tags are those? Ah, I see. You're fighting for a lost friend..."

(to Ibuki) "I used to skip school all the time, too. Those were the days..."

(to Hugo) "I'll let you go. Just promise to take good care of your mother."

Shockwave Stomp: Seismic Hammer — She can punch the ground underneath her really hard, generating localized shockwaves at different distances, depending on the strength of the punch used.

Statuesque Stunner: She's 5'9", tying with Poison and Laura as the third-tallest female Street Fighter character after Elena (6'0") and Rose (5'10").

The Friend Nobody Likes: Her use of gadgets puts her at odds with most of the other fighters. Even Gouken initially has nothing nice to say about her. However she's fundamentally working for the good guys nonetheless.

A ridiculously tall and large young Frenchman who uses mixed martial arts. He is an amnesiac who was taken in by a mercenary who rescued him from one of Shadaloo's bases. After the mercenary died, he decided to hunt down surviving members of Shadaloo, believing them to be the connection to his lost memories. He enters the Street Fighter IV tournament to find out Shadaloo's connection to the S.I.N. corporation.

Apologetic Attacker: More than one of his quotes have him either apologizing to his opponents or showing some worry for their well-being.

Brainwashed and Crazy: In V, he attacks his allies because of being infected by Psycho Power while undercover. Nash breaks him out of it.

Cloning Blues: It is hinted in Seth's story mode and Abel's ending that Abel is nothing more than a genetically engineered replacement body for Bison.

Gratuitous French: He starts speaking a little French in his Street Fighter X Tekken appearance - "En garde, s'il vous plaît." ("Get ready please" more or less) and "Aidez-moi!" (Help!) when he tags out. Come his appearance in Street Fighter V, and his dialogue uses French words a lot more frequently.

Lightning Bruiser: Unlike other grappler characters, he's surprisingly not slow. Though, since it's Street Fighter, it's not that much of a surprise.

Loony Fan: In IV, his rival battle is against Fei Long. He's a huge fan of Fei Long's movies; when Fei Long meets him in Fei's rival battle, Abel expresses his admiration of the guy by picking a fight with him. You'll laugh when a sound byte of Abel saying, "I've seen all of your movies~!" plays after, say, Abel using his HCB + P command throw on Fei Long.

Nice Guy: Similar like Ryu, most of his arcade win quotes show his sympathy for his opponents.

Paper-Thin Disguise: Abel's Shadaloo uniform in V doesn't do much to hide his identity. His face is uncovered and he still walks around barefoot, making it rather obvious that he's Abel. Thankfully, nobody seems to notice who he is, except for F.A.N.G at one point, but he manages to re-infiltrate Shadaloo after Guile's character story is over.

Quest for Identity: "Someone out there must know something about me. I've got to find them!"

"Uh-Oh" Eyes: His eyes briefly turn black during his Soulless Ultra, hinting at his connection to Seth.

Unnecessary Combat Roll: Abel incorporates the Marseilles Roll, a rolling maneuver, in his fighting style. Although, this move is actually effective when it comes to closing the distance on projectile-spamming foes, or dodging attacks, so it's actually a necessary combat roll.

Chef of Iron: Type 1. He enters the tournament to find new recipe ideas.

Confusion Fu: El Fuerte has a normal move called Habanero Dash, where he runs towards you. Doesn't sound that bad, no? Well, this move has six different followup moves: evasive actions, high attacks, low attacks, air attacks, and throws. Given that they all start with that running animation, you might be realizing the big picture about now.

Cordon Bleugh Chef: The opinions on his cooking are mixed throughout the series, but his ending is another story: He mixes Chanko stew and Borscht, Honda and Zangief's favorite national foods, trying to quell the argument between them as to whose dish is better. One bite and they're both blue in the face.

Fighting Clown: He's a lethal chef with no concept of good cooking (and that is sadly what drives his motivation to fight). He's got ludicrous premises, hammy voice actors, comical-looking attacks with silly food-themed names — it's difficult to take him seriously. But he also has a level of mobility second only to Vega, an unpredictable array of attacks, rapid aerial defense, and high comboability. In the right hands, he's got quite a lot going for him.

Gratuitous Spanish: In T. Hawk's rival match with him, El Fuerte drops an audible "amigo" in his opening line. El Fuerte's English VA, J.B. Blanc, adds a few more Spanish words to his dialogue. He even refers to Zangief (during their rival fight) by using the Spanish translation of Zangief's own Red Baron moniker: "Tornado Rojo."

His ending in SSFIV has his cooking assistants flat out asking if he really knows what the heck he's doing.

Subverted slightly, as he is very good at making Mexican dishes, but is played straight when he tries to cook anything else.

He does seem to find a happy customer in Elena, though. Her arcade mode ending shows an image of her happily about to dig into a feast prepared by El Fuerte, and her win quote against him has her say that she likes his cooking. Then again, she also adds in that she has to leave, so it could be that she's just too nice to say anything negative about his cooking.

In Dan's victory quote against him, he specifically asks him to cook for him, wanting to let his taste buds judge him instead.

Loony Fan: Of Rainbow Mika. In the UDON comics, when T. Hawk says R. Mika looks ridiculous, El Fuerte feels he has no choice but to start a fight over it. Decked in full R. Mika cooking merch. Given that Mika is herself a Loony Fan of Zangief, this makes it recursive loony fandom.

A morbidly obese man who wants to fight Ken to prove that he is the number one fighter in the USA. Rufus doesn't actually know what Ken looks like, having only heard about Ken's win in the U.S. fighting scene. He's a very talkative person and usually doesn't stop talking if given the chance. His fighting style is an amalgamation of the numerous kung-fu movies he's watched over the years with a bit of correspondence course work and travel abroad to sort out the fact from the fiction. He has a beautiful girlfriend called Candy, who was once rescued by Rufus when they first met while she was doing a dine and dash. Aside from his pride in his fighting abilities, he's also proud of his motorbike.

Acrofatic: It says something that Rufus has one of the highest jump arcs in the game. In addition, he is capable of cartwheels, pirouettes and Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs.

Brilliant, but Lazy: Several characters comment on how surprisingly strong Rufus is, and fathom how powerful he could be if he just lost weight.

He is also apparently knowledgeable about the finer points of the rules of Sumo. Enough that he is capable of pointing out to E. Honda that what E. Honda now fights with isn't really sumo wrestling at all.

The Cloudcuckoolander Was Right: Though some of his winquotes are actually true. The most obvious one might be the winquote against E. Honda, when Rufus notes that fighting outsiders outside of the ring is illegal for Sumo fighters.

Fat and Proud: He scoffs at "skinny dudes" (i.e., the majority of the roster), frets about losing too much weight with exercise, and tells the enormous Zangief that he should fatten up like Rufus to be healthy.

Girlish Pigtails: In his alternate costume, whereas his normal outfit displays a single one (technically it's a braided topknot, but still).

Gonk: He's intended to be ugly and disgusting to create a shock factor for the players, which should make him memorable.

Hard Work Hardly Works: Subverted. At first glance, it looks like Rufus came up with his elaborate fighting techniques simply by watching kung-fu movies and eating like a pig. However, it's revealed that in order to refine his Kung Food, Rufus took on correspondence courses and later went to China to study under various masters. Not to mention he built muscle by carrying motorcycles on his back.

I Know Mortal Kombat: The crux of his fighting style, as it is wholly based on things that he gleaned from watching martial arts flicks in his youth. Gets some credit because he traveled the world in order to sort out the reality from the fiction.

Incoming Ham: The moment you see him fly onto the screen, you had better brace yourself.

Even his Versus Mode quotes are like this. See, every character has at least two short win quotes among the random quotes that may pop up when you win a Versus Match. Rufus' short quotes are the size of the regular win quotes. Behold.

Rescue Romance: How Candy became his girl, as implied in his exchange with Rose:

"I'll never forget when I first met my girl. It was a rainy day in October and I was on my way home from a fight. Suddenly, this chick came outta an' was all like 'Help!' I guess she pulled a dine an' dash, so I beat up the waiter that was chasin' after her!"

Averted in SSFIV. He actually does stay on topic better, even if he goes off from time to time.

Shown Their Work: An in-universe example. Rufus watches a lot of movies, and when he wanted to become a fighter, he traveled around the world to confirm which techniques in movies can or cannot be performed, in the process becoming a formidable fighter that is very, very easy to underestimate.

Unknown Rival: Inverse example. He counts himself as Ken's rival, but doesn't know who Ken actually is, and mistakes every blond character for him. Then played straight, as Ken has no knowledge of his existence prior to their match.

He mistakes Cammy for Ken, because of her hair color. Even besides the no pants, different appearance, and being female thing, you'd think he'd keep both hair color and length in mind.

He mistakes Makoto for Ken, because she uses a gi and goes barefoot. Try and top that.

This even goes beyond universe - in one of the trailers for Street Fighter X Tekken, he mistakes Bob for Ken, because he is blonde and wears red. It gets even more amusing when he goes flying past Ken himself later on in the trailer.

It only gets worse there. He also mistakes Steve, Paul, JACK-X, Lili, Nina and King for Ken. That's right. He mistakes a guy whose entire head is covered in a jaguar mask for Ken. We can't tell if this is more absurd than the two preceding examples (a French girl and an Irish woman) or not.

Then, in Ultra, he goes on to mistake Decapre and Poison for Ken. Nothing more needs to be said.

Unreliable Voice Over: He narrates his long road to becoming such a formidable fighter in the UDON comics... except when he talks about his tireless effort we see him watching TV late at night and eating like a pig. Though it's subverted when we're shown him jogging with two motorcycles strapped to his back.

Gouken is the master of Ryu and Ken and Akuma's older brother; he trained with Akuma under Goutetsu until Akuma killed their master in a Duel to the Death. Gouken refined the special techniques from the assassination art taught to him by Master Goutetsu into a non-lethal martial art, then passed on his knowledge to Ryu and Ken. He was believed to be dead, but he managed to survive his battle with Akuma by using the Power of Nothingness — which empties the mind and soul of all thought and sin — to render the Shun Goku Satsu useless. As a side effect, however, he was rendered unconscious for several years. Gouken now hopes to reunite with his pupils and test their strength.

He makes an appearance in Street Fighter V as an NPC during the game's tutorial mode, which involves Ryu having a flashback to the Alpha era, back when Gouken was training him.

The Ace: In his backstory managed to beat Akuma in the first fight, and when they fought again he had resort to the Shun Goku Satsu to win.

Badass Grandpa: Never mind that he's the sagacious old man who taught Ryu and Ken how to fight, he canonically defeated Akuma prior to the first game (although Akuma would seemingly pay him back in a second duel, one which ended with the infamous Shun Goku Satsu). And when he comes back to settle the score, he manages to momentarily one-up his brother again by shrugging off the SGS.

Big Good: The closest thing the series has to one. Being extremely wise, powerful, and benevolent certainly helps. And unlike most of the other protagonists who could fill the role, he is actively aiming to snuff out evil.

Bonus Boss: You mustn't lose any round before defeating Seth, you need to Perfects, ten first attacks and five Super or Ultra finishers, but do not finish Seth of with a Super/Ultra.

Brought to You by the Letter "S": Like Akuma, Gouken has a personal kanji of his own, although it is rarely displayed. It can be seen faded on the back of his gi; it is Mu (無), meaning "nothingness".

Canon Immigrant: First appeared in a Street Fighter II manga before appearing in Akuma's ending the first Alpha and as a hidden challenger in IV. Before that, Ryu and Ken's master was just a nameless unseen character.

Cool Old Guy: An old man who not only trained Ryu and Ken, but also survived the Shun Goku Satsu is really a cool guy.

Counter Attack: His Kongoshin ("Diamond Body") will stop any non-armor breaking attack (in the right direction), then he simply stomps and sends his opponent flying across the screen. "It's no use!" indeed.

Crippling Overspecialization: Unlike most other practitioners of Ansatsuken, Gouken only has the Shoryuken available to him as Super and Ultra combos. Assassin's Fist may give a story explanation for this oddity; while training Ken and Ryu, Gouken demonstrates each of the three principle techniques of his own variety of Ansatsuken, with a fairly average Hadouken and Tatsumaki Senpukyaku. However, when he demonstrates the Shoryuken, he performs it with such skill that Ryu and Ken are left in awe. Presumably Gouken spent so much time trying to remove the Satsui no Hado from the Shoryuken that he managed to devise two incredibly powerful forms: the Forbidden and Shin Shoryuken, his Super and Ultra combos. Gouken probably decided to use these "purer" forms of the Shoryuken, while abandoning their more violent and basic variations.

Dead All Along: In the Japanese dialogue in SSFIV, it's heavily implied that Gouken did die shortly after Akuma attacked him, and that his appearance in the game is actually his spirit. Traces of this were removed from the translations however. Street Fighter V makes it clear that he is very much alive.

Deus ex Machina: The Power of Nothingness (or Mu no Ken in Japanese), a technique never spoken of before IV, is the reason behind Gouken's survival of the Shun Goku Satsu and subsequent coma, as well as how he purges Ryu of the Satsui no Hadou.

Diving Kick: Like Akuma (although he performs the technique differently), the Tenma Kujinkyaku, which can be done from a jump or during his Hyakkishu.

Fatal Flaw: Compassion. He refuses to kill his brother Akuma both times he defeats him, which comes back to bite him in the form of a ten year long coma.

Flash Step: Gouken's answer to his brother's Ashura Senku was to weaponize it in the form of the Senkugoshoha (Flashing Air Piercing Wave). When executed, Gouken rushes forward, ignoring attacks, and strikes his opponent with the flat of his palm so hard they go flying, depending on the variation used sometimes high enough to land another Senkugoshoha afterwards.

Hero Ball: Gouken refuses to kill Akuma, even after Akuma makes it clear, on multiple occasions, that he has no qualms about killing Gouken if he ever defeats him. Justified since his goal is to show Akuma that their arts do not need the Satsui no Hadou and that strength is attainable even without sacrificing one's humanity. Thus it does make sense that he would not kill the brother who intends to kill him, as doing so would not only make him a hypocrite, it would prove Akuma correct instead. Furthermore, should Oni manifest and consume Akuma to the point that his soul is all but dead, Gouken is willing to drop this compunction in no time flat, since it's the force of pure destruction that he'd be killing.

Passing the Torch: Gouken knows he won't live forever, and entrusts Ken and Ryu to continue the legacy of Ansatsuken once he passes.

Physical God: Downplayed compared to Oni, but Gouken, after having just recently awakened from an almost ten year coma comes to blows with Akuma, and not only nullifies the Shun Goku Satsu but, judging by the fact that Ryu is still alive, defeats Akuma as well. He is also one of the few characters who, in story, has a solid fighting chance against Oni.

Power of the Void: Somewhat. His "Power of Nothingness" or "Fist of Nothingness" (無の拳, Mu no Ken) refers more to the power that one gains when one reaches the state of inner peace, pure reason and clear mind, free of emotions, and understanding one's place within the vastness of all creation, i.e "voiding your mind". It's rooted in Zen Buddhism and their use of "Mu" in their philosophy.

Religious Bruiser: According to the comics, he is a devout Shintoist. He even has a shrine to Goutetsu in his dojo. Assassin's Fist, however, mentions him as a Mahayana Buddhist. The two are not mutually exclusive, so he may just practice both.

Restrained Revenge: Refuses to kill Akuma for fear of becoming just like him. He settles for humiliating him in battle.

Shotoclone: Surprisingly subverted. Despite Gouken is Gouki/Akuma's brother and is Ryu and Ken's master, Gouken's fighting style is very different from all shoto characters. He doesn't have a Shoryuken as a basic special move, his Hurricane Kick works different than the typical Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku, and the angles of the Hadouken, which he can fire with one hand, depends on the punch button that is pushed.

Seth is the CEO of S.I.N, the (former) weapons division of Shadaloo. Seth modified his own body to include a S.I.N invention known as the Tanden Engine; the device is used to help Seth assimilate the abilities of anyone he fights. Seth also created the BLECE Project, which relies on ki to create super-soldiers (in this case, the Ki Seth uses is the Satsui no Hadou); he sees Ryu as the "ultimate test subject" and desires his untapped Satsui no Hadou to complete the BLECE project. Seth has another goal in mind, as well: surpassing his creator, M. Bison, before destroying him once and for all.

Adaptational Badass: While he's no slouch in the games and the anime, the UDON comics have him holding his own against Akuma of all people. He even manages to survive the Shun Goku Satsu, which can kill anyone with a soul.

Curb-Stomp Battle: His battle with Ryu in The Ties That Bind has him kicking the everloving crap out of him until Ryu enters the State of Nothingness and returns the favor.

Defeat Means Playable: In the original SFIV, Seth can be selected after he has been defeated at least once by every character. He's playable from the start since SSFIV.

Difficult, but Awesome: Thanks to his All Your Powers Combined gimmick, a Seth player has the right tool for every conceivable job, and his specials are flashy enough that you get to look good whilst doing it. The downside is that your health is very low, meaning that any mistakes will cost you greatly, and your similarly low damage output means that you can't just hope for a quick end to the match before you have a chance to make those mistakes. A poor Seth player is dead in seconds, whilst a good one surgically dismantles their foes without giving them the slightest chance to hurt him.

Ditto Fighter: Seth possess Ryu and Ken's Shoryuken, Guile's Sonic Boom, Chun-Li's Hyakuretsukyaku, Yosokyaku and Wall Jump, Zangief's Spinning Piledriver, Dhalsim's long-arm-hard-punch and Yoga Teleport, Akuma's Tenmakujinkyaku, and Abel's Focus Attack. However, most of the moves are his own variations and the input command of some of them are different. Also, Seth has own moves as well.

Evil Is Hammy: His speech about humanity in his opening prologue in Super Street Fighter IV is a big indicator. The hamminess is virtually overflowing.

Evil Laugh: Does this when teleporting. Or when he grabs his opponent. Or when he uses his Ultra Combos. Or when somebody enters his stage. Or when he gets up after losing the first round. Put simply, Seth never misses a chance to laugh maniacally.

Faux Affably Evil: Seth is considerably more poised and calm compared to his creator, often speaking in an intellectual and philosophical manner. Some of his winquotes have him genuinely complimenting his opponent's strength and skill. But he is certainly no less cold and ruthless.

For Science!: His motivation. As well as potentially ruling the world, naturally.

Full-Frontal Assault: In his default and second alternate costume. Subverted in his first alternate costume, where Seth dons pants. Though outside of combat, he does wears clothes.

Gambit Pileup: Believes himself to be pulling the strings behind Shadaloo, when it could also work the other way around. Then, there's also the fact that unbeknown to him Juri is using his tournament as a cover for her own takeover of S.I.N.

Then there's the fact that Bison knew exactly what he was trying to do, and was using Seth to further his own as-of-now unknown goals.

Gouken: You seek individuality and identity, but you will not find it this way.

Inferiority Superiority Complex: Seth's arrogance and bluster is merely a facade and a coping mechanism to hide the fact that he is fully aware he is nothing but another of Bison's backup bodies. His driving motivation is to prove to himself and others that he is a unique being.

Irony: For all his desire to be recognized as a unique being, Seth is essentially Bison in all but name. He's the leader of an evil crime organization (S.I.N is merely an offshoot of Shadaloo, serving as its weapons division.), he seeks Ryu to complete his evil scheme, much like Bison wishes to possess Ryu's body, and he isn't above manipulating, intimidating, and blackmailing others into helping him.

Jack-of-All-Trades: Thanks to his moveset, he is a versatile fighter who can fight in different ranges. His arm-stretching attack and his Sonic Boom are good in long and middle ranged combat, his Spinning Piledriver works effectively in zero range, his Shoryuken is a classic anti-air move, and his Yoga Teleport and Tanden Engine can close the distance to the opponent if needed.

Made of Iron: His boss incarnation in the game takes less damage than his playable self. Also, during his fight with Ryu in The Ties That Bind has him shrugging off all of Ryu's attacks until Ryu enters the State of Nothingness.

Motive Rant: He loves giving these out, such as the one he gives Ryu while beating the stuffing out of him.

Seth: I understand, Ryu. I know why we are here. You see, I simply could not resist to test out the legendary power you posses myself. You struggle against the temptation of that power. Oh, it must be torture! Still, some questions must be asked, some situations faced head on. Surely you, who are most at home in the ring, find this power inside to be a great temptation! And yet you struggle in vain against it even as it seeks to control you utterly! Why do you fight it?! WHY?! Keep it inside and you will die! Your death will garder nothing, it would be without meaning! Power only has meaning if it is put into action. It defines you. Power like that is what rules the world! Everyone seeks power; seeks to grow in strength, but this goal is out of reach by ordinary men. The poor seek riches, the ugly; beauty, we compare ourselves to others and seek to cover our own inadequacies to find peace of mind. The mere existence of those who are better than us becomes intolerable. We fight in retaliation! If beauty is not enough, we use money. If money does not work, we resort to violence! This energy is what powers our world! It is essential! All I seek is to help this natural process along! This destructive force begotten from conflict! This power that everyone lusts for, I will spread it over the world with but a touch! It is like a well that can never run dry! A precious mineral flowing from an inexhaustible mine! This power will be mine!

Named After Somebody Famous: After Seth Killian, former Community Manager at Capcom and ex-tournament player. This led to jokes after Peter "Combofiend" Rosas took over the position, and Seth (the character) was subsequently nerfed in Ultra.

Not So Different: In his opening in SSFIV, he compares himself to Juri as they are both willing to do whatever it takes to succeed no matter how evil. He then goes on to say that all of humanity is just like him in that regard.

Power of the Void: Seth's Tanden Engine allows him to create vortexes to draw his opponent in. His Tanden Stream has Seth firing a blast of nothingness at his opponent before vacuuming them into the Tanden Engine, and his Sonic Boom projectiles have are colorless in comparison to Guile's, reflecting his empty, soulless nature.

Red Eyes, Take Warning: His character selection art has glowing red eyes. This also happens in his arcade ending in the vanilla SFIV.

Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: An accidental one, but "Seth" is also the name of Adam and Eve's third son. Due to his connection to Abel, Seth was originally intended to be named "Cain", but he got the name of Seth Killian instead.

Shoryuken: From Ryu or Ken or both. Also, he can use it three times in a row.

Shotoclone: A minor example, but Seth does have a projectile attack (Sonic Boom) and a literal Shoryuken. The Hyakuretsukyaku compensites the lack of a Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku. However, he's not easy to play.

Shout-Out: His silver colored skin and having all the fighting stypes of other major opponents is similar to Dural.

SNK Boss: At first he seems pretty simplistic, but after you beat him in Round 1, he suddenly gets up and says "I Let You Win". Cue a ore powerful and ominous remix of the song from Round 1, and watch as his AI suddenly jumps from Normal to Hardest in the blink of an eye. He starts breaking out teleports, combos, and other things that he doesn't use in the first round. And if you try playing on 1 round, you'll end up fighting the 2nd round version of Seth.

The Sociopath: Like his creator Bison, Seth has no empathy or remorse, manipulates others with ease, and is driven by staggering arrogance and ego.

The Soulless: Being an Artificial Human created by Shadaloo, Seth has no true soul, a trait commented on by several characters. Ironically, this ends up saving his life in the UDON comics during his fight with Akuma. Akuma notes that Seth has no soul and uses the Shun Goku Satsu on him. Because Seth has no soul, the Shun Goku Satsu has no effect on him. This causes Akuma to deem Seth not worth his time.

Design-wise, he and Urien are both muscular men with no clothing. Seth also shares Urien's color changing skin, going from bright silver skin to dark purple when he uses certain moves, or is defeated. Also, the two have similar motives: Urien wants to overthrow his brother Gill and be the leader of the Illiuminati. Seth wishes to overthrow his creator Bison and be recognized as his own person rather than another of Bison's backup bodies.

Similarly to Twelve, both are naked synthetic humanoid beings with unnatural skin colors, and the both of them have the ability to copy the moves of other fighters, although the way they do this differs. Seth takes moves from others, while Twelve can outright transform into other fighters. Additionally, before he was named Seth, he was just #15, so both of them were named after numbers as well.

The concept of a Shadaloo-created being that collects battle data on fighters was already used in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, with the Monitor Cyborg. The difference, however, is that the Monitor Cyborgs simply collected the data and didn't fight, unlike Seth, though the Japan exclusive tie-in game had one of these cyborgs as the sole playable character and a Shoto Clone.

Teleport Spam: He knows Dhalsim's Yoga Teleport. The SNK Boss version really loves doing this. This can be quite annoying, when he fires a Sonic Boom at you and then teleports right behind you, so you cannot block it.

Full name Juri Han, codename "Spider"; she is a Taekwondo prodigy from South Korea whose family was killed by Shadaloo. She then became an agent of S.I.N, becoming the test subject of one of their most advanced pieces of technology: a cybernetic eye implant known as the Feng Shui Engine. The implant, which a smaller version of Seth's Tanden Engine, takes ki energy from the surrounding nature and feeds it to the Engine's user to heighten their abilities and make them more powerful. Juri pledges loyalty to Seth in exchange for the "new toy", then enters the new Street Fighter tournament to test her new abilities... and further her own dark agendas. Juri is a dangerous, hedonistic sociopath who likes to taunt her opponents — and she doesn't care about anything but satisfying her dangerous whims.

She returns in V, sporting a brand-new outfit consisting of biker gear, a skin-tight bodysuit undersuit, and an eyepatch covering the eye that is her Feng Shui Engine. Her prologue story reveals that she has lost her original Feng Shui Engine, her eye having been ripped out again by Bison after she launched an attack on him. The reason for her appearance at the abandoned SIN laboratory, as shown in Guile's story, is also revealed: she was there to acquire the prototype version of the Feng Shui Engine to replace the one she lost. She is then contacted by Helen and joins the Illuminati in their plot to destroy Shadaloo and Bison.

Absolute Cleavage: Her second alternate outfit◊ in IV. Her outfit in Street Fighter V as seen here◊ was originally going to have this as well, but the final design adds a skin-tight rubber suit where her exposed cleavage was, giving a similar effect but without showing any skin.

Adaptational Heroism: She is portrayed much more sympathetically in the UDON comics. In SFIV, the main motivation for her actions are sadism and a lust for power, as she desires to take over Shadaloo by pitting Bison and Seth against each other. She also doesn't seem to be too concerned about the fact that the organization is responsible for her parents' deaths. In the comics on the other hand, everything evil she did was a means to get close to Bison in order to get revenge for her murdered parents. The moment she sees Bison in a moment of weakness, she immediately betrays him to avenge her family (though unfortunately for her it turns out to be a Twelve impersonating Bison). She even teams up with C. Viper once she learns that M. Bison may still be alive, in order to end him once and for all.

Affirmative Action Girl: Part of the reason she was created was to fill two voids: a proper female villain and a Korean character. In her villainous role's case, while Cammy was a villain during the Street Fighter Alpha days, it was because she was brainwashed into being Bison's assassins Killer Bee, while Juri is straight-up FUCKING. EVIL. In her ethnicity's case, she is Capcom's first Korean character ever.

And Then What?: Disscused in the UDON comics. Juri dedicated her entire life to killing Bison and avenging her parents, even cybernetically enhancing her body to give her the power to kill him. But now that Bison is (seemingly) dead, Juri tells Seth that she has nothing left but the thrill of violence and wanton destruction.

Juri: Between you and me, Seth, violence and chaos are all I have left. I focused my mind and body, my whole being, on training so that when given the opportunity to pay back Bison, I'd be more than capable of doing just that. I was so obsessed with becoming a powerful fighter that I wasn't just doing it to settle a score with Bison anymore, I was doing it for me. But with him dying during that tournament somewhere in the middle of the ocean, that chance was stolen from me. Where did that leave me? What could I do with the drive for my entire existence taken away? Turns out I still had one purpose left: fighting. I'd become so obsessed with becoming a more powerful fighter that as much as I was doing it all to settle a score with Bison, I was also doing it for me. Apparently, I had developed a taste for delivering pain and mayhem and Bison's death didn't stop my cravings for it. I discovered that this hammer was too good at smashing things to be stashed away in a toolbox just because it'd lost its nail. Smashing other things, anything, was pretty fulfilling too.

Anti-Villain: She wants to kill Bison, but her methods aren't exactly legal... or sane for that matter. In V, she teams up with the Illuminati to kill Bison and even saves Cammy and Decapre from the police despite the two being enemies and having nothing to gain by doing so.

Arachnid Appearance and Attire: The backside of her outfit has a spider net motif. Also, the front of it has a spider insignia on it. Her new outfit in V has a spider insignia on the back.

Artistic License – Martial Arts: She uses the Flamingo Stance as her default pose. most Tae Kwon Do schools don't use it as part if their curriculum (and the default stance is usually the more Boring, but Practical Front Stance, which looks more like an upright version of the Orthodox Stance in boxing).

Ax-Crazy: Oh yes. Being a Depraved Bisexual with unabashed sadism, Juri is basically an untamed animal when left to her own devices.

Badass Biker: Street Fighter V shows she is quite skilled with a motorbike, often riding one throughout the Cinematic Story Mode. The bike gets destroyed during the final fight with Vega.

Becoming the Mask: Since she only joined Shadaloo to get close enough to kill Bison, it's likely the growing number of atrocities she's committed over the years brought her past the point of no return. Or at least very close to it, but this only proves the trope. After enough time away from Shadaloo following a failed attempt to kill Bison, she was willing to work as part of a team against him in which someone else would deal the killing blow and even helped out Cammy and Decapre for no real reason beyond vague curiosity and pure disgust towards Vega. She's still not very sane or a model human being, but is at least capable of some small virtue.

Big "NO!": In her Game Over animation. Seeing how she covers her eye, it looks more like a Skyward Scream of agony.

Blood Knight: Derives an almost erotic pleasure from fighting and killing.

Card Carrying Villainess: She knows she's evil and relishes every second of it. In fact, she'll tell you herself. She loves killing people.

Broken Ace: Yes, the girl needs to be locked in a rubber room and pumped with enough drugs to tranquilize a tiger and went through lots of horrifying shit through years, but given that she managed to defeat Chun-Li, Guile, and Cammy in straight-up fights during her OVA, she's undeniably skilled.

Contortionist: She likes to show off her incredible dexterity, which is enough to place one of her legs over her head and pull on it. Her Kaisen Dankiraku right before impact has her shove her foot via back kick in the opponent leans back in order to caress them before finishing them off.

Dark and Troubled Past: Juri's father was a fearsome prosecutor who relentlessly pursued people connected to Shadaloo to bring them to justice. He became Shadaloo's target and one day Juri's family car was attacked. Her mother died,Juri was severely injured losing her left eye and her father was abducted and later executed live by shadaloo presumably to send a message.

Depraved Bisexual: Her opponent's gender makes no difference to her as long as she gets to torture them.

Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Played With and Deconstructed in the UDON comics. As Juri discusses with Seth, her entire purpose in life was to avenge her parents' murder at Bison's hand and now that Bison was (seemingly) dead, that purpose was stolen from her. When Bison is revealed to be alive and in the service of the Illuminati, she turns on Seth and sides with Bison, biding her time and waiting for the perfect opportunity to take her revenge, only to find out that Twelve had been impersonating Bison all this time. With her reason for living gone once more, Juri turns to underground fight clubs to sate her bloodlust until she's confronted by Crimson Viper, who tells her Bison isn't dead and she can still take her revenge.

DistaffEvilExpy: Could be seen as one to Kim Kaphwan and Jhun Hoon. In V, Juri's new move Ryodansatsu, while intended to be a knock off to Chun-li's Hazanshu, ends up looking like she stole Kim's Hangetsuzan.

Does Not Like Shoes: Subverted with her alternate costumes, where she dons Combat Stilettos, otherwise she's either completely barefoot or wearing Taekwondo straps. Her Street Fighter V outfit covers most of her body, but she keeps her toes sticking out.

She does not serve Seth out of loyalty, only for the chance to kill. She also has been pitting Seth and Bison against each other.

Happens again in the UDON comics. When Bison is revealed to be alive and in the service of the Illuminati, Juri turns on Seth and sides with Bison, biding her time and waiting for the perfect moment to kill him. When she finally does... It turns out to be Twelvemasquerading as Bison. She's not too thrilled to find out.

Education Mama: In the comics, her mother is the martial arts version and she harshly berates a young Juri when she messes up during Taekwondo practice. Her father, though strict, is more openly caring as he is visibly distraught when she is shot in the left eye.

Empowered Badass Normal: Her powers come from the Feng Shui Engine in her eye, but even without it, her Taekwondo skills make her a deadly force to be reckoned with.

Enemy Mine: Rescues Cammy and Decapre from the police and protects them from Vega.

Energy Ball: Like many characters in the series, Juri is able to throw projectiles though it's actually a wave. Unlike any characters in the series, she throws them with her feet.

Establishing Character Moment: After recieving the Feng Shui Engine in her OVA, the first words she says tell you all you need to know about her.

In her OVA, Juri seems to hesitate when her only remaining possible victim (before Chun-Li rushes onto the scene) is a young child crying over his dead mother whose casualty was an unintended outcome of Juri's Feng Shui Engine test run. This likely stems back to Juri's own tragic backstory. Furthermore, it's stated on multiple occasions that even she has nothing but hatred for Shadaloo. That even shows in her win quotes against Ibuki and Sakura.

Juri: "Whipping schoolgirls isn't my idea of fun, sister."

Even she is disgusted by Vega and how he preys on the dolls and Cammy, calling him a pervert.

Evil Counterpart: She is one to Chun-Li. They both had their fathers murdered by Shadaloo for actively trying to take down the organization when they were just kids and subsequently swore revenge on M. Bison, but they differ in that while Chun-Li was able to move past her hatred and was able to turn herself into a force of good that defends the weak (she even forgives her father's killer, Cammy, in the UDON comic), Juri succumbed to her hatred, despises heroes (possibly because no one saved her family) and became an instrument of death to the point she admits to Seth that the fun of wanton destruction is all she has going for her at the end of it all (when she thought Bison died). They have similar move-sets ex: Juri spins vertically while Chun-li spins horizontally they both have an unusual dive kick of sorts one coming straight down and the other coming in at an angle, they both have fireballs that can't reach the full length of the screen, etc. Street Fighter V adds another element by making Juri's thighs look bigger, making her even more similar to Chun Li. Chun-Li's win quote against her in the same game also lampshades this.

Chun-Li: If we've both lost the same thing, then why are we so different?

Extremity Extremist: Averted. She, despite being a Taekwondo practictioner, uses punches. However, she's still a Kick Chick, more or less. She only has medium and light punches. Her hard "punches" are kick attacks.

Eyepatch of Power: Wears one temporarily in the SSFIV OVA, after her left eye malfunctions as she's about to kill Chun-Li. Also wears one in the UDON comics. She now wears it as a part of her default outfit in Street Fighter V. Though she takes it off after activating her V-Trigger or Critical Art.

The UDON comics reveal she was shot in the left eye during Shadaloo's assassination attempt on her father.

Happens again in her story mode in V where a fight with Bison results in him ripping the Feng-Shui Engine out of her eye, forcing her to infiltrate an abandoned S.I.N lab to find a new one, resulting in her wearing an eyepatch.

Mostly an In-Universe example as Poison flat out calls her this, what with the Ax-Crazy attitude.

The Street Fighter V story mode provides an excellent example. During her introduction scene, Rashid and Azam just stare at her, but a moment later she pulls a Nightmare Face while calling them both out for a fight and Rashid immediately changes his view of her.

Flash Step: Her Kasatushi. Juri makes a teasing gesture and if her opponent hits her, she dashes to a different location depending on which punch button is pressed. However, this will not work with throws or attacks that break armor.

For the Evulz: She joined S.I.N. for fun and it's pretty much her raison d'etre for everything she does.

Downplayed. Her parents were killed by Shadaloo and it's the driving force behind her motivations, but Juri rarely mentions her parents nor does she seem to dwell on it too much. Played straight in UDON when she finally runs into Bison after finding out he's not dead and she has him at his most vulnerable. She proceeds to savagely beat him all while giving him the "remember my face" speech about how he killed her family and left her for dead and how she's been waiting her whole life for this one moment to finally have her revenge, even throwing Bison's iconic Catch-Phrase right in his face…

Juri: I've bided my time working for S.I.N. and Shadaloo for an eternity, waiting and dreaming of the pain I'd inflict upon you the instant you showed a moment of weakness. You still don't even know who I am, do you? Do you even remember killing my parents and leaving their disfigured daughter for dead? Of course not. It was such a trivial matter for you. It was like stepping on a bug while taking a stroll, wasn't it? Just another ordinary Tuesday. Look at me now, Bison, and let this little spider be the last thing you ever remember.

…and then it turns out to be Twelve impersonating Bison. Needless to say, she's none too happy.

Glass Cannon: She's a fast character, and unlike Chun-Li or Cammy, Juri does not lack strength. But like most female characters, her health is below average.

Jerkass: Easily one of the most violent, sadistic, psychopathic, and flat out unpleasant characters in the series next to Bison and Vega, a stark contrast to Cammy and Chun-Li. She only seems to show begrudging respect to those who can put up a good fight, but even then that offers no protection from her sadism. Her dislike of hurting children and her hatred of Shadaloo (see Even Evil Has Standards) seem to be the only real redeemable traits she has.

It Amused Me: Her reasons for doing anything, whether good or bad. Juri does what she wants and seems like the most "fun" (aka, leads to violence or at least mischief). For example, she decides to help Cammy and Decapre escape from the law in Brazil because the idea that the straight-laced Cammy would go on the lam for her brainwashed "sister", whom she would still probably have to kill anyway, was just too good an opportunity to pass up.

Kick Chick: Probably even moreso than Chun-Li, to the point that her "heavy punch" is in fact a kick.

Juri cares only for herself. Everything else is either a toy or an insect as far as she's concerned. Best exemplified by this exchange between her and one of the scientists she's sent to kill in her OVA.

S.I.N scientist: You're crazy! Get any closer, and I'll start taking out hostages! (Fearfully points his gun at a mother and her child)

Juri: Go ahead, what do I care? These people are worthless. And you, you're worth even less..

Her Feng Shui Engine performs this mechanic in SFIV, allowing Juri to cancel normal attacks into other normal attacks.

Her "storage"-based moveset in SFV also revolves around it, with one stored move able to cancel into another; typically, the fireball is cancelled into last because the other two are unsafe. The Feng Shui Engine (her V-Trigger) performs the same job it did in IV, with the added benefit of requiring no storage for any move.

Ms. Fanservice: Possibly the biggest one (after Poison and Laura, of course) in the series, not helped by her revealing costumes and seductive personality.

Nightmare Face: Is known to make these quite often to intimidate or even lure her opponents, with two of the most infamous occuring in Bison's SSFIV ending, and before fighting Rashid during the cinematic story of SFV.

Person of Mass Destruction: Want proof? Look at her OVA. She manages to completely destroy an amusement park and kill everyone in there save for one person using the Feng Shui Engine. Keep in mind that she was using a prototype at the time.

Pet the Dog: She gained nothing from helping out Cammy and Decapre, yet she helped them out anyway, even defending them from Vega.

Power High: After gaining Ki-based powers from the Feng-Shui Engine she proclaims, "Mmm... I like it. I can feel waves of ki energy surging through my whole body," in a very suggestive way.

Pragmatic Villainy: Juri wants nothing but chaos and violence (and the destruction of Shadaloo). However, she's very perceptive and knows quite well when to hold back on doing something immediately evil or destructive because it'll pay off with an opportunity for more later on.

Revenge: In the UDON comics, she wants revenge against Bison and Shadaloo for killing her parents. In the games, it is less clear if this is still the case, as her SFIV ending insinuates that her desire to kill Bison has less to do with avenging her parents and more to do with appeasing her lust for violence and taking over Shadaloo for herself.

The Rival: To Chun-Li. While her rivalry with Cammy is a huge case of It's Personal, she merely sees Chun-Li as a fun distraction at best. Likewise Chun-Li holds no personal animosity towards Juri and sees putting her away as just part of her job. She even expresses sympathy for Juri, knowing full well what it's like to have one's parents murdered by Shadaloo.

In her ending, she used Seth's tournament as a distraction while she plotted to take over S.I.N.

But the reverse happens in Seth's ending, as she decided to follow him because of the fun she's having.

Used to Be a Sweet Kid: The UDON comic gives an insight into Juri's backstory and shows was once a kind, innocent, and somewhat reserved girl who wanted to make her strict, but loving parents proud, a far cry from hedonistic, sociopathic sadist she is today. It took Shadaloo murdering her parents to turn her into cold-blooded killer obsessed with becoming a pure embodiment of death. Compare this image◊ of her as a kid to this image of her now and it's quite jarring to see the difference.

The Turkish CEO of the world's leading cooking oil company, and a practitioner of the national sport of Yagli Gures otherwise known as oil-wrestling. His in-game self reflects this with lots of oiled-up grappling and even a move that has him apply more oil to his body, powering up his moves for a short time and making him faster.

There's an explanation for that: Hakan stays oiled up all the time. Turkey is a sunny place. What does Oil + Sunshine create? At first, a tan. But Hakan did go beyond that. Ken even notes that he "looks a little crisp." The hair is probably blue because he uses oil for that, too and they didn't want to give him black hair.

In reference to his hair—the appearance of Hakan's hair is a pun, as he is Turkish and the Japanese word for Turkey is "Toruko", his hair resembles stone and the Japanese word for stone is "Ishi", and his hair color is turquoise and the Japanese word for turquoise is "Toruko Ishi". This holds true for European languages as well: the English word turquoise comes from the Old French turqueise which literally means "Turkish [stone]".

Animal Motifs: Both his beltbuckle and the barrel that he uses to "oil up" seems to share the same leonine theme.

Anime Hair: His hair is curled into very short ringlets that look like giant barnacles. In one of his taunts, he expresses concern that his opponent will mess it up. His daughters appear to have inherited this style, or at least style it like their father.

Chivalrous Pervert: While he loves and cares for his wife and daughters, he's rather pleasant to the major part of the Action Girls in the cast (barring Viper and Juri), if his post-battle lines are signs.

Cultured Badass: In his own Turkish cultured way, he's pretty refined as well.

Doting Parent: Implied in his first line in his character trailer and confirmed in his ending, when the seven little girls come greet him and Hakan is quite happy to see them.

Dumb Muscle: Has shades of this, as shown in his opening or in Seth's rival scene. Could be more of a Genius Ditz, though, considering he's rich and a good fighter.

Everybody Knew Already: Despite Capcom's best efforts to keep him under wraps before his planned debut, he was mentioned as far back as September '09 when details of the game first emerged.

Remember the New Guy: Hakan and E. Honda are old friends, to the point where the former casually calls the later "Edmond". SSFIV marks Hakan's debut in the Street Fighter continuity. Also both of their fighting styles are similar.

Slippery Skid: His oiled-up body allows him slide along the floor into opponents.

The Idiot from Ankara: He speaks in Kansai-ben in the Japanese version, despite being Turkishnote In addition to the usual personality cliches, he's even a CEO = merchant.... In the English version, he speaks with a thick Turkish accent instead.

You Gotta Have Blue Hair: A rather odd case. Most characters in Street Fighter who are clearly human in appearance run the entire gamut of naturally occurring hair colors. Hakan's is turquoise colored, probably as a result of oils. But when looking at his seven kids, it could be hereditary.

His full title is Kuruoshiki Oni ("Mad Demon"). This is the form Akuma takes when he reaches the absolute peak of his training; all of Akuma's remaining humanity is consumed in full by the Satsui no Hadou and he becomes a demon, although Oni views himself as transcending gods. Now that he has reached the peak of the Satsui no Hadou, he decides to destroy the world... possibly out of boredom.

Battle Aura: Oni has a purple one, to be exact. Interestingly, instead of Akuma's Ten kanji(which is burned into Oni's back) it forms an amalgamation of the kanji Kami and Oni, which can mean demon god. Alternatively, it can be read as Kon, meaning Soul.

Rose's winquote against Oni actually raises the rather frightening probability that Oni will come to exist eventually...when Akuma has mastered his most dangerous techniques.

"Why...I never expected you to appear now.."

Beating A Dead Player: The only character in IV to directly interact with the opponent during their win screen pose, Oni grabs his defeated challenger by the head/neck and slams them face-first into the screen, presumably killing them. That last part happens just off-screen, of course.

Blood Knight: Both more and less so than Akuma. On the one hand, Oni actually admits to enjoying battles with a much wider variety of fighters than Akuma. On the other hand, he isn't particular about fighting actual fighters and will murder anybody he comes across if the whim strikes him.

Bonus Boss: Oni appears as a secret boss by completing Arcade Mode under certain conditions, namely not losing a round, getting two Perfects, five Super or Ultra combo finishes, ten first attacks, and defeating Seth with a Super or Ultra combo.

True Final Boss: Oni falls into this, considering he's stronger than Shin Akuma, who is known to split small mountains without much effort.

Evil Ryu and Oni appear to be rivals of sorts. So it's likely give and take with their power levels. Both are off the charts and by far the most powerful "evil" characters in the cast.

SNK Boss: Oni's A.I. is also harder than the aforementioned characters. He has more vitality and stun than the playable version and his moves are altered (for example, all of his chargeable moves are fully charged when he uses them).

Although the bonus boss doesn't get nearly as many complaints as Seth does. Evil Ryu is actually easier to abuse due to his ability to cancel his teleport into anything at any time. Capcom has long made the boss characters different than playable characters (Shin Akuma, Shin Bison, etc). Evil Ryu and Oni are seen to be rivals of sorts and are somewhat comparable in power, Super Saiyan Aura and all.

Dark Reprise: Oni's theme is a darker, more chilling version of Akuma's theme that retains only a few chords of the original song.

Deadpan Snarker: With heavy emphasis on the "dead" as his pre-fight quote against Adon shows.

"Time to skin this jaguar..."

Demonic Possession/Superpowered Evil Side: Could be one or the other, depending on how you interpret a person's consciousness when they become this consumed by the Satsui no Hadou (were they taken over by the real essence of the Satsui no Hadou or did they surrender themselves to it). Either way Akuma is barely in there anymore.

This is averted in the UDON comics. After successfully tricking Ryu into giving in to the Satsui No Hadou, Akuma transforms into Oni on his own volition and at no point refers to himself as Oni, implying he is in full control of himself.

Drunk on the Dark Side: This is essentially Akuma's "Evil Ryu" but since Akuma was much further down the path than Ryu ever was, his tipping point is also much further along.

Early-Bird Cameo: In one of Akuma's SFII endings, he speaks to what identifies itself as the shadow of his soul, that will eventually overwhelm him and drag him into darkness. This is the first hint of Oni's existence. Akuma also had a color pallette that resembled Oni cut from Street Fighter 3, which also had a stage presumably meant for Oninote In the game files, the stage is labelled as for Shin Akuma, but Shin Akuma already has a stage of his own. removed very late in developement.

Flat Character: From what little he says of himself, he seems to simply be malevolent intent made manifest, and has little in the way of personal motivations, goals or personalities. Either that, or he now operates under such a degree of Blue and Orange Morality that his purpose is now inscrutable, making him flat to our eyes.

God of Evil: Outright declares himself to be such. Averted in the original Japanese, where he's more implying that he has ascended to become a demonic being (kind of a malevolent Physical God), whose essence is malevolent but has no causal relationship with evil.

Ground Pound: This happens at the beginning of his Ultra II and his Sekisei Jiraiken special move.

Kamehame Hadoken: His first Ultra Combo, the Meido Gohado ("Dark Painful Great Surge"), which can be thrown forwards, straight up, or in the air diagonally downward. If thrown forwards and at point blank, the blast will pin the opponent to the far "wall" and then he throws another one that rips through them to finish them off.

Omnicidal Maniac: His intro quote, if it is to be believed. Again, only for the English version and averted for the Japanese.

"I shall grind beneath my heel...all that exists."

Made of Evil: Oni is the pure physical manifestation of the Satsui no Hado, and as such is literally nothing but malevolent energy (Along with some dry wit) massed into a corporeal being.

Made of Plasticine/Chunky Salsa Rule: One of Oni's alternate costumes has cracks running throughout his body. As he is hit with progressively more damage, his body slowly crumbles away, revealing a swirling mass of dark Ki.

The Rival: His rivalry with Ryu carries over from whatever little part of Akuma is left in him. Oni even seems pleased that Ryu's finally given into the Satsui no Hadou if you face him with Evil Ryu. Oni is also intrigued by the power/potential of certain characters and seeks to test them in a Worthy Opponent-like manner; most notably, Oni remarks that if Cody were to stop voluntarily holding himself back by wearing those handcuffs, he'd prove to be quite the challenge.

Say My Name: His Ultra activation quote in his Rival Battle against Gouken has Oni furiously belting out the name of his nemesis at the top of his lungs. Nothing more would probably suffice.

Shotoclone: In a way. He hits all the important points (Shoryuken, Hadoken, and Hurricane Kick) but gains some nifty extras for some as well (his Hadokens can be charged like Gouken's in order to travel farther and his Shoryuken becomes a Shin Shoryuken-like move if done at close range; he also replaces the Shakunetsu Hadoken with the Gorai Hadoken). He also has some unique attacks (a Misogi-like jumping chop, a sliding palm slash crossup, and a mid-air ki burst that can send him forward or back) but lacks regular Akuma's mid-air Zankuu Hadoken (although he has an Ultra Combo equivalent) and Ashura Senkuu teleport. He retains the Shun Goku Satsu as a Super Combo but can also perform it while jumping.

Shows Damage: In his second alternate costume, bits and pieces of his body crack and break like old plaster as he takes damage, revealing pure energy underneath.

Sliding Scale of Villain Threat: Oni is a much larger threat then Akuma ever could, or might desire to be. Whereas Akuma only ever sought strong, individual opponents, Oni seeks murder and destruction on a planetary scale, and, judging from how powerful he is, it's very feasible that he could accomplish just that.

Super Mode: During several of his Supers, Oni turns jet black with glowing eyes and hair and Volcanic Veins on his fists and arms.

In a way, Oni himself. The transformation from Akuma to Oni isn't a voluntary one, but Oni is several magnitudes more powerful than Akuma.

Poison is an ex-member of the Mad Gear gang, and currently acts as the manager of Hugo Andore. Despite her managerial duties, she herself is a quite a capable fighter. She and Hugo enter the tournament in 3rd Strike to promote their wrestling stable, the Huge Wrestling Army (or H.W.A.).

'80s Hair: Bright pink, feathered tresses complete with wide, angular bangs. Justified, in that she made her Final Fight debut in 1989.

All Love Is Unrequited: If one of her old Final Fight endings is still canon, she is madly in love with Cody, who has absolutely no positive or negative opinion of her anymore. note Ironically, her committing several acts of assault are what allowed Edi to frame Cody and land him in jail.

Ambiguous Gender: Originally it was believed she was a Transsexual for many years following her debut in Final Fight and this topic was (and still is) hotly debated among fans (there's even a documentary about Poison's gender). But in recent years, Street Fighter director Yoshinori Ono has stated that she has no canon gender anymore, and that it is up to individual fans to decide what they wish to view Poison as. Though Capcom has made some jokes about it such as a few character quotes in Street Fighter X Tekken (the first game where she was playable) noticing how "manly" she seems for a woman. For what it's worth her original Final Fight concept art calls her a "newhalf"note an offensive Japanese term for a hermaphrodite with a female body and male genitals and whatever she is physically she clearly considers herself female.

Ascended Extra: She has appeared as a background character in the Alpha games, as well as in Hugo's winposes and endings, but (ignoring Final Fight Revenge) it wasn't until Street Fighter X Tekken that she finally became a playable character. And now, Poison finally makes her true debut into the main Street Fighter series proper, as a brand-new character introduced in Ultra Street Fighter IV. Not bad for someone, who originally was a minor villain.

Eagleland: A boorish, morally corrupt sex bomb obsessed with making wads of cash? A very fanservicey Type 2. She moves away from it a little in later games; she's still crude and greedy but she's got a much better moral compass.

Heel–Face Turn: No longer affiliated with the Mad Gear gang. Moreover, she's 100% done with being a criminal, and has absolutely no intention of going back, as some of her win quotes attest to.

to Abel: "I can sympathize, but the future is what's important. Not the past." note (Hidden Depths, perhaps?)

Hidden Depths: Seems to have accompanied her growing an actual personality when she migrated to the Street Fighter series. Aside from having an unrequited crush on Cody, She has become a successful professional wrestler, and if her ending is anything to go by, has impressive latent musical talents and enough charisma to lead a very popular band.

She's a Man in Japan: Poison is either a "newhalf" hermaphrodite or a post-op transexual, and Word of God is that there's no official stance as to which is true. The controversy and confusion adds to her popularity which, as of late, is Capcom's intention.

Somewhat related, it should be noted that she has 1000 points of health in Ultra, which is generally the well-rounded health amount in Street Fighter. Among some people, this is informally known as "man health" as most females in Capcom fighters have less than that. Again though, this isn't concrete proof and likely a tease on Capcom's part.

Small Role, Big Impact: Actually in the Final Fight series, but since she and Cody are in the SF games as well, this trope does count for Cody's backstory. The corrupt cop Edi. E framed Poison's crimes (street fighting) on Cody that brought him to prison.

Statuesque Stunner: She's 5'9", tying with C. Viper and Laura as the third-tallest female Street Fighter character after Elena (6'0") and Rose (5'10"). Even if she's confirmed to be transgender, her personally-held gender identity qualifies her to be listed.

Stripperific: She sports a miniscule pair of denim daisy-dukes, and a tiny T-shirt that barely covers her boobs.

The Tease: Everything about her is sexual, but at no point has she ever been demonstrated as sexually desiring someone else.

One of Bison's Dolls. While Juri ended up severely crippling the majority of the Dolls, Bison managed to keep at least one of them still active. Decapre's motives are unclear. She works under Bison's direct orders like the rest of the Dolls, and it is hinted that she is searching for Cammy as one of her targets. She also has memories of the scary childhood of growing up as a lab experiment.

Adaptational Attractiveness: Her burns cover a smaller part of her face on Ultra SFIV then when her face was first shown in the UDON comics. And in V, the burns look less severe.

Amazonian Beauty: In the same vein as most of the females in the cast. Her Summer Vacation DLC outfit (care of Udon) however emphasizes just how ripped she is even compared to the rest of the cast (even Cammy).

Berserk Button: Cammy. To the point where she will attack her on sight regardless of her prior orders or mission objectives. As shown in her ending, when Cammy arrives after she's defeated Seth, she goes from calculated assassin to shrieking madwoman as she attempts to kill her.

Canon Immigrant: While she did show up in Alpha that was a palette swap to give some level of difference between the dolls. UDON was the one that gave her more of a backstory which Capcom ran with, so technically her character is more from the comics.

Cool Mask: Has had three different types of metallic mask amongst her appearances, one which covers her face entirely, one which exposes her mouth and nose, and another with a glowing One-Way Visor.

Cloning Blues: She's a clone of Cammy, but unlike Cammy, is still under Bison's manipulation. If Capcom takes anything from her character in the Udon comics (as they have done for other characters), then she's actually a failed prototype of Cammy.

Clothes Make the Maniac: The black mask on her face is certainly sinister looking, but it's unknown if it serves any combat purposes. In the Udon comics, the left side of her face is horribly burned and scarred.

The pre-production art that Capcom released shows that she's scarred here as well, though not as severely as in the comics, which use the Alpha 3 design, wherein Decapre's mask was full-face, so the artists drew the scars going all the way down to her mouth's height; her Ultra mask leaves her mouth exposed while hiding any nasty bits, so her face is only slightly burnt up until the cheek (still on the left side, though).

Death Equals Redemption: In her ending, Decapre's body begins to deteriorate. Bison says she only has moments left, but could save her if Cammy worked out an agreement. Even though Decapre swore to kill Cammy until the very end, when she sees Cammy standing over her, ready to defend her from Bison, she tries to comfort Cammy by saying the same words that Cammy said to comfort her when they were children, just before blacking out. She seems to have found some sort of peace in her final moments. Don't worry, the ending is not canon.

Flash Step: Has couple of teleporting moves which is accomplished with this.

Foil: To Cammy. In a sense, Decapre represents who Cammy would have turned out to be had she not escaped Bison's clutches, and likewise Cammy also represents what Decapre could have been had she only been free of Bison. Their similar design and moveset also purposefully evokes that.

Moveset Clone: Averted, she only retains a couple of special attacks from Cammy, both of which she uses very differently. Her Cannon Drill is not only now a charge move, but it can ony be done in the air (while Cammy can only do hers on the ground). Meanwhile, her Cannon Strike is now a follow up to her new Scramble teleport move (whereas Cammy could do it anytime on jump in).

Robo Speak: Due to her being a brainwashed slave of Bison's, much of her dialogue and win quotes are comprised of short, to-the-point words or phrases. More prominent in the Japanese dialogue where she speaks in the quintessential dull monotone.

Tragic Monster: One of the most tragic characters in the game. She was a clone of Cammy, an innocent little girl brainwashed into psychotic rage and otherwise emotionless obedience, but still retaining flashes of her traumatic childhood of being conditioned and experimented upon.

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